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  • Each Friday Night After Work, Bubba Would Fire ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,750 views

    Each Friday night after work, Bubba would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak. But, all of Bubba’s neighbors were Catholic....And since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Friday. The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the ...read more

  • N India This Week (Early Oct., 2008), Here Is The ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 15, 2008
     | 1,307 views

    n India this week (early Oct., 2008), here is the latest: "Christians feel unsafe even under government protection, and are leaving the refugee camps to escape to other areas of India. In Kandhamal, the destruction has continued for more than a month. Bhubaneshwar (AsiaNews) - About 12,000 people ...read more

  • Painting The Porch  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,501 views

    PAINTING THE PORCH There was a lady who was preparing her Christmas cookies. There was a knock at the door. She went to find a man, his clothes poor, obviously looking for some Christmas odd jobs. He asked her if there was anything he could do. She said, "Can you paint?" "Yes," he said. "I’m a ...read more

  • Trust Issues

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 18, 2022
     | 1,874 views

    John 2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. 24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, 25 and needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. As I ...read more

  • Imagine A Very Dangerous Rope Jungle Bridge (As ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jan 13, 2010
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    IMAGINE A VERY DANGEROUS ROPE JUNGLE BRIDGE (AS THE LAW) WE MUST CROSS IT – BUT WE COULD NEVER DO IT OURSELVES BECAUSE ITS SO DANGEROUS TO CROSS ONE FALSE STEP AND WE WILL PERISH INTO THE CHASEM – BUT WE HAVE A GUIDE WHO GOES BEFORE US (CHRIST) HE HAS CROSSED THE BRIDGE BEFORE AND HAS ALWAYS ...read more

  • What Will Your Grandchildren Say?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2011
     | 2,040 views

    WHAT WILL YOUR GRANDCHILDREN SAY? Max Lucado shared this in Outlive Your Life: A few years back, three questions rocked my world. They came from different people in the span of a month. Question 1: Had you been a German Christian during World War II, would you have taken a stand against ...read more

  • Pioneers Are In A Class All Their Own. They Are ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,598 views

    Pioneers are in a class all their own. They are people who swim upstream against the ethical current of the day (like Noah). They are individuals who take on the Goliath of the day with no fear of defeat (such as David). As servants of God living grace filled values they accept injustice in a ...read more

  • On Another Cold Winters Night In 1980, Paul ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    ON ANOTHER COLD WINTERS NIGHT IN 1980, PAUL KEATING WAS WALKING HOME TO HIS GREENWICH VILLAGE APARTMENT, IN NEW YORK CITY, WHEN HE WITNESSED TWO ARMED MUGGERS ROBBING AND BEATING A COLLEGE STUDENT. G. KEATING HAD EVERY REASON TO AVOID THE SITUATION: 1. HE DIDN’T KNOW THE STUDENT. 2. NO ONE WOULD ...read more

  • Heading In The Opposite Direction

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 4, 2007
     | 2,375 views

    1. We need to work in partnership with God. 1-3 Jonah wasn’t always working together with God, he was a reluctant prophet who was singing from a different hymn sheet to God. After all God had said go to Nineveh – Jonah headed in the opposite direction for Tarshish. Jonah actions remind me of ...read more

  • I Was About Six Years Old, First Grade Student… ...

    Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Jul 29, 2008
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    I was about six years old, first grade student… And half of the school facilities were under construction, remodeling the classrooms. So they put all the grades, from 1 to 8 on a condensed schedule. Grades 5- 8 in the morning, from 7:00 to 1:00 PM, and grades 1 to 4, afternoon, from 2:00 to 6:00 ...read more

  • God Knows Where We Are  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 23, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,264 views

    GOD KNOWS WHERE WE ARE Ken Gaub wrote about an experience he had back in the 1990s: "Do you believe that God not only loves you, but knows where you are and what you’re doing every minute of the day? I certainly do after an amazing experience I had several years ago. "At the time I was driving ...read more

  • Unsung Heroes: Joseph’s Servant

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Feb 12, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,496 views

    Introduction: At the time of this story, Joseph was second in command only to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Joseph’s brothers had come a year or so before this to buy grain; now, that grain was gone and they came back to purchase some more. But they were in for a surprise once they came in contact ...read more

  • The Dog And His Master  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 1, 2002
    based on 42 ratings
     | 3,748 views

    Illustration:The Dog and His Master C.S. Lewis likened God’s use of adversity to walking a dog. If the dog gets its leash wrapped around a pole and tries to continue running forward, he will only tighten the leash more. Both the dog and the owner are after the same end, forward motion, but the ...read more

  • The Story Is Told Of The Preacher Who Went To ...  PRO

    Contributed by George Bannister on Oct 21, 2002
    based on 11 ratings
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    The story is told of the preacher who went to pastor a particular church. He was one who was fond of preaching on water baptism. Week after week he would preach about baptism. Finally in desperation, the deacons requested that he allow them to pick his scripture text for the following Sunday’s ...read more

  • The Air Craft Carrier  PRO

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003
    based on 41 ratings
     | 2,108 views

    Illus The Air Craft Carrier When a plain takes off from an aircraft carrier several things happen. 1) Point Aircraft Carrier into the Wind 2) Catapult the Plane down the deck 3) Planes are designed to respond to the laws 4) Pilot has ultimate control The laws are designed to take affect if all the ...read more

  • Amdrei Bitov, A Russian Novelist, Grew Up Under ...

    Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 6, 2003
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    Amdrei Bitov, a Russian novelist, grew up under the atheistic Communist regime. But God got his attention one dreary day. He recalls, “In my twenty-seventh year, while riding the metro in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) I was overcome with a despair so great that life seemed to stop at once, ...read more

  • Slovenian Cross-Country Star Petra ...

    Contributed by Brian Buriff on Mar 1, 2010
     | 1,815 views

    Slovenian cross-country skiing star Petra Majdic 1. Just before her race – during a training run, - 10 feet down into rocky hole 2. Bruised up, she refused to bow out and went on to begin the race a. race involves Four 1.4 Kilometer loops over hilly, twisty terrain b. major lung exertion and hard ...read more

  • Achieving Goals: The Phillies

    Contributed by Donny Granberry on Apr 21, 2010
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    ACHIEVING GOALS: THE PHILLIES The team with the most errors in a single season was the 1883 Philadelphia (Quakers) Phillies who played 99 games and ended the season in last place with 17 wins, 81 loses, and one tie. They averaged 6.3 errors per game with 639 errors. They played for 67 years before ...read more

  • Some Years Ago, On New Year's Day During The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    Some years ago, on New Year’s Day during the Tournament of Roses Parade, a beautiful float sputtered and quit. It was out of gas. The entire parade was stalled until someone could find a gas can and get this giant, flower-covered float moving again. The ironic thing was this float represented the ...read more

  • Remote Control  PRO

    Contributed by Tylor Cates on Jan 24, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,468 views

    Remote Control Prop: A television remote control Summary: A remote control is used to demonstrate prayers made by faith. Look at what I brought with me today. Do you know what this is? [a television remote control] I’ve always wondered how these things work. You just click on this button and the ...read more